The Grey Cup, exclusively a Canadian event for the first 82 seasons of its existence, became an international affair when Baltimore became the first U.S.-based club to vie for the trophy. The appearance of an American team in the Grey Cup united Canadian fans for the first time behind the Lions as representatives of Canada. The 82nd Grey Cup is considered by many to be one of the ten best Grey Cup games of all time, because it was a nail-biter from start-to-finish.[2]

Kent Austin started at quarterback for the Lions, which was somewhat of a surprise given that his backup, Danny McManus, engineered a last-second victory over the Calgary Stampeders in the West Final. Austin was playing with a tender left shoulder, but it didn’t prevent him from moving the Lions downfield to set up Lui Passaglia’s 47-yard field goal for the initial points of the game.

Baltimore responded in the second quarter to take a 14-3 lead. Quarterback Tracy Ham put Baltimore on the scoreboard on a one-yard run, while Alvin Walton picked off an Austin throw and completed a lateral pass to Karl Anthony who scampered 36 yards for Baltimore’s second touchdown.

The Lions got a defensive touchdown of their own when Charles Gordon intercepted a pass by Ham and scored on a 17-yard return. Baltimore added a late field goal by Donald Igwebuike to take a 17-10 halftime lead.

Austin, who was playing with an injured shoulder, was ineffective for B.C., getting intercepted three times. With a minute remaining in the first half, head coach Dave Ritchie turned to Danny McManus. A week earlier in the Western Final, McManus had also relieved an injured Austin and orchestrated a second-half come-back.

Baltimore added to its lead with another field goal. But the momentum shifted in B.C.’s favour late in the third quarter. Setting up for a 34-yard field goal, holder Darren Flutie took the ball, jumped to his feet and ran to his right to the 10-yard line, giving the Lions a first down. Three plays later, McManus scored on a third down gamble.

B.C. tied the score with 52 seconds remaining in the third quarter on Passaglia’s 42-yard field goal. The score was deadlocked at 23-23 after both clubs exchanged field goals in the fourth quarter.

Passaglia had an opportunity to kick a 37-yard field goal with 1:02 left in regulation, but he missed. However, Baltimore was unable to advance the ball on their next possession, going two-and-out, and giving the ball back to BC with excellent field position. Passaglia received another opportunity for the winning kick with no time remaining, and he made good on a 38-yard attempt to keep the Grey Cup in Canada. Passaglia's last-second field goal was named the greatest play in BC Lions history in 2007.[3]

At the end of the game, Lions kicker Lui Passaglia was announced as the Most Valuable Player and awarded the trophy. Running Back Sean Millington was announced as the Most Valuable Canadian. However, it was later learned that the actual winner of the MVP vote was Baltimore's Karl Anthony, who was the first player to be awarded with such an honour in a losing cause. The vote had actually taken place before Passaglia's game-winning field goal, while the game was still tied. Instead of receiving MVP honours, Passaglia was awarded with the Most Valuable Canadian Award for the second time in his career.

Baltimore's all-star running back, Mike Pringle had only 71-yards rushing and fullback Robert Drummond had 38-yards rushing for a total of 109 yards. The Lions rushing tandem of running back Cory Philpot and fullback Sean Millington combined for 194-yards rushing, with Philpot having 17 carries, for 109-yards rushing and Millington having 13 carries, for 85-yards rushing. Furthermore, Philpot and Millington gained those yards against an impressive Baltimore defence that was exempt from following the CFL's import rule and was made up solely of American players. There is a common perception that such a team would be stronger than one which was required to have Canadian players.

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BC Place
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BC Place is a multi-purpose stadium located at the north side of False Creek, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is owned and operated by the BC Pavilion Corporation, a corporation of the province. It is currently the home of the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League, Vancouver Whitecaps FC of Major League Soccer, the stadium also served as the main stadium for the 2010 Winter Olympics and 2010 Paralympics which Vancouver hosted. The stadium opened on June 19,1983 and was built as a structure with an air-supported roof. Once construction was completed, the new roof was also the largest of its type. Construction of the started in 1981 and was completed in 1983. BC Place was built as part of the preparations for the 1986 Worlds Fair, the stadium was the worlds largest air-supported domed stadium until May 4,2010 when it was deflated for the last time in preparation for the erection of its new retractable roof. The first major event held in the stadium was on June 20,1983 when the Vancouver Whitecaps hosted the Seattle Sounders in a North American Soccer League game with attendance announced at 60,342. On July 24,1983, a crowd of 41,810 watched the BC Lions defeat the Saskatchewan Roughriders 44–28 in the Lions first game at the stadium, the venue would host the Soccer Bowl 83 later that year. On September 18,1984 Pope John Paul II addressed an over-capacity crowd for A Celebration of Life, the celebration was part of the papal visit to the Archdiocese of Vancouver. It was one of the most heavily attended events in the stadium, the Popes Celebration of Life was followed a few months later by the Canadian Pacific Billy Graham Crusade, which drew similar numbers each night. The stadium was used for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1986 World Exposition on Transportation and Communication. Accepting an invitation by the Province of British Columbia, their Royal Highnesses Prince Charles, to great fanfare, they officially proclaimed the Worlds Fair open on May 2,1986. The stadium was the first air-supported structure and 24th venue to host the ceremonies of the Winter Olympics. It was also both the third CFL venue and the third Canadian venue to have served as an Olympic Stadium, after Montreals Olympic Stadium, BC Place was a venue of the 2015 FIFA Womens World Cup, including the Championship Final match on July 5,2015. It hosted round six of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2015-16 series, on January 5,2007, snow accumulated on the air-supported Teflon Fibreglass roof, despite strict zero accumulation of ice guidelines and ice accumulation structural warnings. The accumulation caused a tear in the roofs ETFE-coated fabric close to Gate G on the side where the roof meets the top of the concrete bowl. The tear grew quickly as air escaped through it, whereupon maintenance staff performed an intentional, as it was designed to do, the deflated roof rested on its steel support cables 6 metres above the seating and the field

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Vancouver
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Vancouver is a coastal seaport city in Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the most populous city in the province, the 2016 census recorded 631,486 people in the city, the Greater Vancouver area had a population of 2,463,431 in 2016, making it the third largest metropolitan area in Canada. Vancouver has the highest population density in Canada with over 5,400 people per square kilometre. With over 250,000 residents, Vancouver municipality is the fourth most densely populated city in North America behind New York City, San Francisco, and Mexico City according to the 2011 census. In that census, Vancouver was one of the most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities in Canada, Vancouver is classed as a Beta global city. In 2014, following thirty years in California, the annual TED conference made Vancouver its indefinite home, several matches of the 2015 FIFA Womens World Cup were played in Vancouver, including the final at BC Place Stadium. From that first enterprise, other stores and some hotels quickly appeared along the waterfront to the west, Gastown became formally laid out as a registered townsite dubbed Granville, B. I. As of 2014, Port Metro Vancouver is the third largest port by tonnage in the Americas, 27th in the world, the busiest and largest in Canada, and the most diversified port in North America. While forestry remains its largest industry, Vancouver is well known as an urban centre surrounded by nature, archaeological records indicate the presence of Aboriginal people in the Vancouver area from 8,000 to 10,000 years ago. The city is located in the territories of the Squamish, Musqueam. They had villages in various parts of present-day Vancouver, such as Stanley Park, False Creek, Kitsilano, Point Grey, the city takes its name from George Vancouver, who explored the inner harbour of Burrard Inlet in 1792 and gave various places British names. The explorer and North West Company trader Simon Fraser and his became the first known Europeans to set foot on the site of the present-day city. In 1808, they travelled from the east down the Fraser River, perhaps as far as Point Grey. The Fraser Gold Rush of 1858 brought over 25,000 men, mainly from California, to nearby New Westminster on the Fraser River, on their way to the Fraser Canyon, a sawmill established at Moodyville in 1863, began the citys long relationship with logging. It was quickly followed by mills owned by Captain Edward Stamp on the shore of the inlet. This mill, known as the Hastings Mill, became the nucleus around which Vancouver formed, the mills central role in the city waned after the arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railway in the 1880s. It nevertheless remained important to the economy until it closed in the 1920s. The settlement which came to be called Gastown grew up quickly around the original makeshift tavern established by Gassy Jack Deighton in 1867 on the edge of the Hastings Mill property

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Lui Passaglia
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Lui Passaglia is a former professional Canadian football player. He is a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame, passaglias #5 jersey is one of nine numbers retired by the Lions. In 2003, Passaglia was voted a member of the BC Lions All-Time Dream Team as part of the club’s 50 year anniversary celebration, in 2006, Passaglia was voted one of the CFLs Top 50 players of the leagues modern era by Canadian sports network TSN. At Simon Fraser, Passaglia played wide receiver as well as kicker/punter, as a member of the Clan, Passaglia recorded 175 career points, won All NAIA District 1 honours twice, and was named an All-Northwest All-Star. Passaglia was the selection of the BC Lions in the 1976 CFL season Canadian College Draft, as a kicker. Passaglia caught a 10-yard touchdown pass in his first CFL game on July 22 and his only other career touchdown came on a one-yard run in his final home game at BC Place Stadium, on November 4, of the 2000 season, again against the Roughriders. Between those two touchdown bookends, Passaglia arguably became one of the most consistent performers in Lions, CFL, and professional football history. Passaglia played the most CFL regular seasons at 25, the most CFL regular season games at 408, and scored the most points in regular play with 3,991 points, all with one team. Passaglia was the first player to score 200 points in a season, Passaglia is the second all-time CFL punt leader with 3,142 for 133,826 yards, with the second highest average in a season of 50.2 yards. In CFL playoff games, Passaglia holds records for most points with 210, is tied for most field goals with 48, as a Lion, Passaglia was named a CFL Western Division All-Star nine times, and was a CFL All-Star four times. Passaglia was a member of three of the Lions Grey Cup seasons, winning the Dick Suderman Trophy as the Grey Cups Most Valuable Canadian twice. Passaglia is the longest-playing Lion in team history, appearing in a total of 408 games, Passaglia retired from the CFL following the Lions 28–26 88th Grey Cup victory over the Montreal Alouettes in the 2000 season, where he kicked the winning points in the game. In the 2003 season, Passaglia was voted a member of the BC Lions All-Time Dream Team, at the kicker and punter positions, in November 2006, Passaglia was voted #30 of the CFLs top 50 players of the leagues modern era by Canadian sports network TSN. Following his years playing with the Lions, Passaglia worked for seven years as the Lions director of community relations and he resigned from the Lions at the conclusion of the 2007 CFL season to devote his time to his family property development business. Passaglia was replaced as BC Lions director of community relations by fellow Lions great and former teammate, Passaglia has lived in the city of Coquitlam for over 20 years. In 2006, Simon Fraser University granted him an honorary degree, in 2014, Passaglia revealed that he was receiving chemotherapy stage 3 colon cancer. By going public, he intended to fundraise for research and treatment, Lui Passaglia Lui Passaglia Bio Lui Passaglia Regular Season Numbers Lui Passaglia Playoff Numbers

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Official (Canadian football)
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An official in Canadian football is a person who has responsibility in enforcing the rules and maintaining the order of the game. Canadian football officials generally use the equipment, Whistle Used to signal that the play has ended. Penalty Marker or Flag A bright orange coloured flag that is thrown on the field toward or at the spot of a foul and it is wrapped around a weight, such as sand, beans, or small ball, so it can be thrown with some distance and accuracy. Bean Bag Used to mark various spots that are not fouls, for example, it is used to mark the spot of a fumble or where a player caught a punt. Down Indicator A specially designed wristband that is used to remind officials of the current down and it has an elastic loop attached to it that is wrapped around the fingers. Usually, officials put the loop around their index finger when it is first down, the finger when it is second down. Some officials, especially Umpires, may use a second indicator to keep track of where the ball was placed between the hash marks before the play. This is important when they re-spot the ball after an incomplete pass, game Data Card and Pencil Officials write down important administrative information, such as the winner of the pregame coin toss, team timeouts, and fouls called. Game data cards can be paper or reusable plastic. A pencil with a special bullet-shaped cap is often carried, the cap prevents the official from being stabbed by the pencil while it is in his pocket. Stopwatch Officials will carry a stopwatch when necessary for timing duties, including keeping game time, keeping the clock, and timing timeouts. Clip Headlinesman will place a clip on the chain at the edge of the line closest to the stick in order to make measurements and to set up for 2nd. The referee is responsible for the supervision of the game and has the final authority on all rulings. Thus, this position is referred to as head referee and is considered to be the crew chief. He can be identified by his differently coloured cap. In the Canadian Football League, the referee wears a cap while the other officials wear white caps. In amateur football, including CIS football, the referee wears a cap with black piping while the other officials wear black caps with white piping. During each play from scrimmage, the referee positions himself behind the offensive team, on passing plays, he primarily focuses on the quarterback and defenders approaching him

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Halftime show
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A halftime show is a performance given during the brief period between the first and second halves, or the second and third quarters, of a sporting event. Halftime shows are not given for sports with an irregular or indeterminate number of divisions, the intermissions are usually given over to contests involving randomly selected audience members. The invention of the show is generally credited to Walter Lingo. Lingo was the owner of a dog kennel and sponsored an all-Native American football team, in addition to playing football, the Indians would provide various forms of entertainment, including exhibiting the dogs, players demonstrating their prowess. Dancing, and demonstrations of native culture, a modern halftime show can consist of cheerleading performances, majorette routines, marching bands playing music, or other spectacular performances. More common in times, especially in major games, is to reserve the entire halftime period for a short concert by a major recording artist. A halftime show is an element in an American football. During the interval between the second and third quarters some form of entertainment is presented on the field, the entertainment frequently consists of performances by marching bands. At high school and most college games, the bands of the two competing teams perform at halftime. Often, the cheerleaders and/or a dance team will perform, other activities may also take place, and these vary widely. During a professional game, a high school or college band may be brought in to perform. For the Super Bowl and Grey Cup games, a show involving world-renowned music stars, dancers, fireworks. Many football historians believe halftime shows originated with the Oorang Indians of the early National Football league, the team was a marketing ploy by Walter Lingo to sell and promote his airdales. He would lure audiences to his games with the promise of a halftime show. The team was called the Indians because they were made up entirely of Native Americans, the Indians players participated in helping the Oorang Airedales perform tricks for the crowd before and after the game. However, it was their halftime entertainment that made such a huge attraction in the early 1920s. There were shooting exhibitions with the dogs retrieving the targets, there were Native American dances and tomahawk and knife-throwing demonstrations. Indians player Nick Lassa, also called Long-Time-Sleep, even wrestled a bear on occasion, another show was a demonstration of the United States Indian scouts actions during World War I

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Tom Cochrane
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Thomas William Tom Cochrane, OC OM is a Canadian musician known as the front man for the Canadian rock band Red Rider, and for his work as a solo singer-songerwriter. Cochrane has won eight Juno Awards and he is a member of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, an officer of the Order of Canada, and has an honorary doctorate from Brandon University. In September 2009 he was inducted onto the Canadian Walk of Fame, Cochrane has also been recognized for his significant charitable work. Cochrane was born in Lynn Lake, Manitoba, to Violet and Tuck Cochrane, the family relocated to Acton, Ontario, when Tom was four years old and later to Etobicoke, Ontario. He purchased his first guitar at age 11 by selling a toy train set, Cochrane attended Martingrove Collegiate Institute in the late 1960s. In the early 1970s, Tom was performing in coffee houses across Canada and he eventually made his way to Los Angeles where he found a job writing theme music for the movie My Pleasure Is My Business, the Xaviera Hollander story. Unable to find steady income from music, Cochrane returned to Toronto, after meeting at the El Mocambo tavern in Toronto, Cochrane joined the Canadian rock band Red Rider in 1978 and served as their lead singer and main songwriter for more than ten years. Red Rider included Ken Greer, Jeff Jones, Peter Boynton, bruce Allen managed the band from their debut until 1985. Cochrane recorded six albums with Red Rider plus a live album, a best of album. By 1986, the band was billed as Tom Cochrane & Red Rider and he would later refer to this period of his career as a stretch of manageable success before the release of Mad Mad World. In 2002, Cochrane reunited with his former Red Rider bandmates Greer, a complete listing of Red Riders recordings is included below. Already a household name in Canada from his time with Red Rider, the single became a global success and was followed by the release of his Mad Mad World album, which would reach the six million mark in worldwide sales. The albums Ragged Ass Road, Songs of a Circling Spirit, X-Ray Sierra, Cochranes massive body of music and energetic live shows have established him as one of Canadas most treasured artists. An avid golfer, pilot, and hockey buff, Cochrane currently lives in Oakville and he spends summers at his cottage/studio on the shores of Georgian Bay in Northern Ontario and winters part-time at his home outside of Austin, Texas. Tom and his wife Kathleene have two daughters, Cody and Evanne, Cochrane continues to tour and perform in Canada where he remains a popular live act. In 2006, the group Rascal Flatts charted in the top 10 of the Hot 100 with a cover of Tom Cochranes Life Is a Highway, which they recorded for the Pixar film Cars. Although Life Is a Highway was not released to country radio, chris Ledoux also had a country hit with Life Is A Highway. The celebration will continue into 2017 with a tour, with Meghan Patrick and Nice Horse

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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster. Although some local stations in Canada predate CBCs founding, CBC is the oldest existing broadcasting network in Canada, Radio services include CBC Radio One, CBC Radio 2, Ici Radio-Canada Première, Ici Musique and the international radio service Radio Canada International. Television operations include CBC Television, Ici Radio-Canada Télé, CBC News Network, Ici RDI, Ici Explora, Documentary Channel, the CBC operates services for the Canadian Arctic under the names CBC North and Radio-Canada Nord. The radio service employed commercials from its inception to 1974, since then, its primary radio networks, like the BBC, have been commercial-free. However, in the fall of 2013, CBCs secondary radio networks Radio 2, in 1929, the Aird Commission on public broadcasting recommended the creation of a national radio broadcast network. A major concern was the influence of American radio broadcasting as U. S. -based networks began to expand into Canada. Meanwhile, Canadian National Railways was making a network to keep its passengers entertained and give it an advantage over its rival. This, the CNR Radio, is the forerunner of the CBC, Graham Spry and Alan Plaunt lobbied intensely for the project on behalf of the Canadian Radio League. In 1932 the government of R. B. Bennett established the CBCs predecessor, the CRBC took over a network of radio stations formerly set up by a federal Crown corporation, the Canadian National Railway. The network was used to broadcast programming to riders aboard its passenger trains, with coverage primarily in central, on November 2,1936, the CRBC was reorganised under its present name. While the CRBC was a company, the CBC was a Crown corporation on the model of the BBC. Leonard Brockington was the CBCs first chairman, for the next few decades, the CBC was responsible for all broadcasting innovation in Canada. This was in part because, until 1958, it was not only a broadcaster and it used this dual role to snap up most of the clear-channel licences in Canada. It began a separate French-language radio network in 1937 and it introduced FM radio to Canada in 1946, though a distinct FM service wasnt launched until 1960. Television broadcasts from the CBC began on September 6,1952, with the opening of a station in Montreal, Quebec, the CBCs first privately owned affiliate television station, CKSO in Sudbury, Ontario, launched in October 1953. From 1944 to 1962, the CBC split its English-language radio network into two known as the Trans-Canada Network and the Dominion Network. The latter, carrying lighter programs including American radio shows, was dissolved in 1962, on July 1,1958, CBCs television signal was extended from coast to coast. The first Canadian television show shot in colour was the CBCs own The Forest Rangers in 1963, colour television broadcasts began on July 1,1966, and full-colour service began in 1974

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Don Wittman
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Donald Rae Wittman was a Canadian sportscaster. Born in Herbert, Saskatchewan, Wittman attended the University of Saskatchewan and he joined CBWTs supper-hour news program 24Hours in 1970 as sports anchor alternating with Bob Picken. He also worked on Winnipeg Jets television and radio broadcasts, during the late 1970s–early 1980s, Wittman hosted Western Express, a half-hour weekly program broadcast in Western Canada which consisted of lottery ticket drawings for the lottery of the same name. The format of the series included Wittman co-hosting with media and community personalities from towns and cities across the region, on January 19,2008, Wittman died as a result of cancer in a Winnipeg hospital surrounded by his family. He is survived by his wife, two daughters and son, Wittman won two ACTRA awards, was named Broadcaster of the Year by Sports Media Canada in 2002, and named to the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame in 2003. He was inducted to the CBC Sports Hall of Fame in January 2008, Wittman is an Honoured Member of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1990, don Wittmans biography at Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame

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Brian Williams (sportscaster)
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Brian Williams, OC is a Canadian sportscaster who is best known for his coverage of the Olympic Games. After graduating, he spent a year as a teacher at a Grand Rapids school, Williams also was the first to travel with the Aquinas College Tommies Basketball team announcing the Tommies basketball games via a one-man telephone connection. Williams college goal was to go back to Canada and become a sports journalist, Williams was long associated with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporations sports coverage since joining the network in 1974, after radio employment at Torontos CFRB and CHUM. Williams served as the studio host for the CBCs coverage of the CFL, Formula 1, Williams also covered the 2002 FIFA World Cup for CBC. Williams also worked with Peter Mansbridge during CBC2000 Today, CBCs coverage of the millennium and he also co-hosts Don Cherrys Grapeline on Sportsnet Radio, along with Don Cherry. On June 5,2006, Williams announced plans to move in December 2006 to rival CTV, however, on June 8,2006, the CBC fired Williams, thereby causing him to join CTV/TSN effective immediately as on-site host of TSNs Canadian Football League coverage. Williams was chosen to head the CTV broadcasting team at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, on February 22,2010, while providing coverage of the Winter Olympics, Williams did a skit with Brian Williams, the anchor of NBC Nightly News, at CTVs Olympic set. Some in the media dubbed this the new Battle of the Brians, Williams anchored CTVs coverage of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. He criticized the International Olympic Committee for not properly honouring the Israeli delegates who were slain during the 1972 Summer Olympics and he was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2010. His unique voice and quirks such as announcing the time. He is a frequent subject of parody on Canadian comedy shows such as Royal Canadian Air Farce, in 2011, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada for his contributions to sports broadcasting, notably that of amateur sports, and for his community involvement. CBC archives - Williams hosting the opening of SkyDome in Toronto, Grapeline archives - Williams co-hosts Grapeline with Don Cherry. TSN profile Speakers Spotlight, Brian Williams CTV PR, Going For Gold, Brian Williams To Join CTV, TSN TSN PR, Brian Williams Makes CTV/TSN Debut June 16 During CFL Season Opener Canadian Communications Foundation profile

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Ron Lancaster
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Ronald Ron Lancaster was a professional Canadian football quarterback and later a head coach in the Canadian Football League. At the time of his retirement, he was the CFLs career leader in passing yards and he also spent time as a colour commentator for the CFL on CBC from 1981 to 1990. At the time of his death, he was the Senior Director of Football Operations of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and he is enshrined in the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, the Canadas Sports Hall of Fame and the Wittenberg University Athletic Hall of Honour. Lancaster was born in the Pittsburgh area industrial town of Fairchance, Pennsylvania but moved to nearby Clairton, at the time of his death, his mother still resided in Clairton. Lancaster was a quarterback by the time he graduated from Clairton High School. He attended tiny Wittenberg University and again showed talent, leading them to a 25-8-1 record from 1956-59, no NFL scouts showed any interest since he was considered too short to quarterback in the NFL. A scout for the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League, however, liked his on-field leadership, during his rookie season with Ottawa in 1960, while he shared the quarterbacking duties with another future Hall of Famer, Russ Jackson, Ottawa won the Grey Cup. He spent two years with Ottawa, but after a losing season in 1962, Lancaster was traded to the Saskatchewan Roughriders. It was with Saskatchewan that The Little General found his stride, in 16 seasons with Saskatchewan, he led the team into the playoffs 14 consecutive times, and made it to the CFLs Western Football Conference final 12 times. During that period, Saskatchewan represented the West in the Grey Cup five times, however, the Roughriders won the big game only once, in 1966, when they defeated the Ottawa Rough Riders 29–14. Over Lancasters 16 seasons with the Roughriders, they won 170 games with him at quarterback, and had one losing record, 4–11–1 in 1978. Lancaster was a player-coach in the 1977 and 1978 seasons, serving as Saskatchewans offensive co-ordinator, the Green Riders finished 2–14 in consecutive seasons and Lancaster would not coach again for 11 years. After serving as a commentator for The CFL on CBC from 1981 to 1990. He coached the Eskimos from 1991 to 1997, amassing an 83–42 regular season record and he passed Hugh Campbell for first place on the Eskimos list for coaching wins October 27,1996. Lancaster became the 17th head coach in Hamilton Tiger-Cat history on November 26,1997 and he coached the Tiger-Cats from 1998 to 2003. He took the team to the Grey Cup twice winning it in 1999, on July 10,2006, Ron Lancaster was re-hired as the teams head coach on an interim basis after the firing of coach Greg Marshall. Lancaster’s 142 career regular-season wins place him fourth on the CFL’s career regular season wins list, CBC Television invited Lancaster to become a colour commentator on CFL broadcasts in 1980. He was part of a trio that included Don Wittman doing the play-by-play and he was with the CBC from 1980 to 1991 and was a member of the CBC team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea as the play-by-play broadcaster for basketball

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Matt Dunigan
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Matt Dunigan is a former quarterback, coach, and executive in the Canadian Football League who is a CFL sportscaster for Canadian sports television channel TSN. In 2006, Dunigan joined the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, in 2008, he was named the host of Road Grill, a Canadian barbecue cooking series on Food Network Canada. Although born in Ohio, Dunigan was raised in Dallas, Texas, attended Lake Highlands High School, Dunigan was inducted into the Louisiana Tech University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2011. Dunigan broke into the CFL in 1983 with the Edmonton Eskimos, in his rookie season, he backed up Warren Moon. Prior to the 1984 CFL Season, Moon left for the NFLs Houston Oilers and he led the Eskimos to back-to-back Grey Cup appearances in 1986 and 87, winning in 1987. He had to watch most of the game from the due to injury. His backup during this time was another CFL legend in the making, after the 75th Grey Cup victory, Dunigan tried pursuing a Major League Baseball career. He worked with a scout from the California Angels, then showed up in Florida during spring training and he was hoping to catch on with the Montreal Expos. He was signed to a Class A contract, but then released on the last day, while Edmonton held on to his rights, they traded him to the British Columbia Lions in a remarkable seven for one trade. He led the Lions to victory in their last eight games and his second year in Vancouver produced his first losing season, as the team fell to 7-11. He did throw for a career high 27 touchdowns, but new management came in, and Matt was the first one to go in another seven for one trade. When he arrived in Toronto, they made the playoffs in 1990, but 1991 proved to be a memorable year for the CFL and Argonauts. Canadian actor/comedian John Candy, along with hockey great Wayne Gretzky, Toronto then made noise by signing Notre Dame receiver Raghib Rocket Ismail. The Rocket, along with Dunigan and running back Michael Pinball Clemons led Toronto to 13-5 record, after a first round bye, the Argos won against Winnipeg in front of a packed out SkyDome, and advanced to the Grey Cup. But in that game, Dunigan broke his collarbone. He was able to throw the length of a ballroom after doctors deadened his shoulder. In minus 19 degree weather, he threw two touchdowns and won his second Grey Cup and he left for Winnipeg the following season, where he spent the next three years. The Bombers went to the Grey Cup in 1992, only to lose to the Calgary Stampeders and they returned to the Grey Cup in 1993, and lost to the Edmonton Eskimos

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81st Grey Cup
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The 81st Grey Cup was the 1993 Canadian Football League championship game played between the Edmonton Eskimos and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers at McMahon Stadium in Calgary, Alberta. The Eskimos defeated the Blue Bombers 33-23 to win the Grey Cup, Edmonton Eskimos - TDs, Lucius Floyd, Jim Sandusky, FGs, Sean Fleming, cons. Winnipeg Blue Bombers - TDs, Michael Richardson, Sammy Garza, FGs, Troy Westwood, the Edmonton Eskimos went out in front 21-0 before hanging on to their 11th Grey Cup title. The Blue Bombers cut their deficit to 24-20 in the quarter before yielding to defeat again. Winnipeg miscues in the first quarter led to its downfall, the Eskimos took advantage of a blocked punt, a fumbled kickoff return and an interception within the first 10 minutes of the game. Lucius Floyd scored on a carry, while Jim Sandusky caught a two-yard pass from Damon Allen. Sean Fleming added a goal at the end of the quarter. Another Winnipeg fumble in the quarter, this time on a punt return. The Blue Bombers finally got on the late in the first half on Michael Richardson’s three-yard run. Both teams exchanged field goals as Edmonton held a 24-10 lead at halftime, Winnipeg made a game of it in the second half, as quarterback Sammy Garza scored on a one-yard keeper. The Blue Bombers closed the gap to four on Troy Westwood’s 32-yard field goal in the fourth quarter, but Edmonton’s offence got back on track to close out the game. Fleming booted three goals for a record-tying six for the game. Winnipeg was still within a touchdown two minutes and 44 seconds remaining, but Allen put together a 12-play drive leading to Fleming’s final field goal. Edmonton Eskimos centre Rod Connop was the player that was a part of the teams dynasty years from 1978 to 1982. This was the second Grey Cup game to be played in Calgary, the temperature was a balmy six degrees Celsius, compared to the first Calgary game when it was minus 15 degrees Celsius with a wind of 25 kilometres per hour. The Blue Bombers lost the ball a total of seven times on turnovers with 23 of Edmonton’s points coming off Winnipeg’s miscues and it was Edmonton’s eighth-straight victory to close out the year. Blue Bombers quarterback Matt Dunigan did not play because of an Achilles’ tendon injury, referee Dave Yule suffered a ruptured calf muscle in the second quarter, forcing alternate Ken Lazaruk into action

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83rd Grey Cup
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The Wind Bowl was the 1995 Canadian Football League championship game played between the Baltimore Stallions and the Calgary Stampeders at Taylor Field in Regina, Saskatchewan. The Stallions won the game by a score of 37-20 and it marked the only time that an American-based team won the Grey Cup. Baltimore Stallions - TDs, Chris Wright, Alvin Walton, Tracy Ham, FGs, Carlos Huerta, Calgary Stampeders - TDs, Marvin Pope, Doug Flutie, FGs, Mark McLoughlin, cons. The Stallions opened the game with a Grey Cup record 82-yard punt return by Chris Wright just 2,20 into the game. Calgary responded scoring the next 13 points, including a touchdown for Marvin Pope on a three-yard pass from Doug Flutie early in the second quarter giving the Stampeders a 13-7 lead. Baltimore responded with four consecutive scores including three Carlos Huerta field goals against the wind, the longest from a Grey Cup record 53 yards. O. J. Brigance blocked a Tony Martino punt with just under eight minutes to go in the half which was scooped up by Alvin Walton at the five and he dove over for Baltimores lone touchdown of the half. In the third quarter after a Baltimore single, Flutie scored a touchdown on a one-yard plunge, Stallions quarterback Tracy Ham responded with a touchdown of his own and Huerta kicked two field goals to round out Baltimores scoring. Tracy Ham was named the games most valuable player, Ham threw for 213 yard and rushed for a touchdown. Stamps slotback Dave Sapunjis was the games outstanding Canadian hauling in eight passes for 113 yards and this was the first Grey Cup to be played in the province of Saskatchewan. Shortly after the season, the Cleveland Browns announced they were moving to Baltimore, as a result, the Stallions along with the Ottawa Rough Riders, are officially the only Grey Cup champions in the modern era to fold

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Canadian Football League
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The Canadian Football League is a professional sports league in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football and its nine teams, which are located in nine separate cities, are divided into two divisions, the East Division, with four teams, and the West Division with five teams. As of 2016, the features a 20-week regular season. The CFL was officially founded on January 19,1958, the league was formed from a merger between the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union founded in 1907 and the Western Interprovincial Football Union founded in 1936. Rugby football began to be played in Canada in the 1860s, the CRFU was reorganized as the Canadian Rugby Union in 1891, and served as an umbrella organization for several provincial and regional unions. The Grey Cup was donated by Governor General Earl Grey in 1909 to the winning the Senior Amateur Football Championship of Canada. By that time, the sport as played in Canada had diverged markedly from its rugby origins, in 1956, the IRFU and WIFU formed a new umbrella organization, the Canadian Football Council. In 1958, the CFC left the CRU and became the Canadian Football League, as part of an agreement between the CRU and CFL, the CFL took possession of the Grey Cup, even though amateurs had not competed for it since 1954. The CRU remained the governing body for amateur play in Canada, initially, the two unions remained autonomous, and there was no intersectional play between eastern and western teams except at the Grey Cup final. This situation was analogous to how the American baseball leagues operated for years. The IRFU was renamed the Eastern Football Conference in 1960, while the WIFU was renamed the Western Football Conference in 1961, also in 1961, limited intersectional play was introduced. It was not until 1981 that the two agreed to a full merger, becoming the East and West Divisions of the CFL. With the merger came a full interlocking schedule of 16 games per season, Other team names had traditional origins. With rowing a national craze in the late 19th century, the Argonaut Rowing Club of Toronto formed a team for its members off-season participation. The football team name Toronto Argonauts still remains though it. After World War II, the two teams in Hamilton—the Tigers and the Flying Wildcats—merged both their organizations into the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, after the 1981 season, the Alouettes folded and were replaced the next year by a new franchise named the Concordes. In 1986 the Concordes were renamed the Alouettes to attract more fan support, the demise of the Alouettes forced the League to move its easternmost Western team, Winnipeg, into the East Division. In 1993, the league admitted its first United States-based franchise, after modest success, the league then expanded further in the U. S. in 1994 with the Las Vegas Posse, Baltimore Stallions, and Shreveport Pirates

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Baltimore Stallions
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The Baltimore Stallions were a Canadian Football League team based in Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States, which played the 1994 and 1995 seasons. They had winning records in season, won a division championship. They are thus one of three Grey Cup champions in the era to subsequently fold. The CFL considers the Stallions to be a franchise from the Alouettes. For 30 years, Baltimore had been home to the Baltimore Colts, Baltimore made two serious bids to get another NFL team. It heavily wooed the St. Louis Cardinals football team owned by the Bidwill family, in 1993, an ownership group failed to win an NFL expansion franchise as a replacement when the proposed Baltimore Bombers rejected. He initially called the team the Baltimore CFL Colts, however, the NFL went to court and successfully obtained a legal injunction against the franchises use of any version of Colts in their name just hours before the team was to play its first game. Local fans tended to continue referring to the team as the Baltimore Colts anyway, speross approach to building the team was simple. He knew Canadian football was different from the American game, so he made a point of hiring personnel. In contrast, the other American CFL teams stocked their rosters with former NFL players, former football players. Speros hired career CFL assistant Jim Popp as general manager, Popp and Matthews, in turn, brought in experienced CFL players like QB Tracy Ham, RB Mike Pringle, LB O. J. Brigance, DT Jearld Baylis, DE Elfrid Payton. One of the more prominent NFL castoffs was K Donald Igwebuike, even though they lacked an official name, the team finished second in the CFL East Division, with a 12–6 regular season record – a record for the most wins by a CFL expansion team. In addition, the team was ranked third in the entire CFL in team scoring, Mike Pringle was the teams offensive standout, earning the leagues leading rushing title with a record 1,972 yards and thirteen touchdowns. Pringle also returned 38 kicks for 814 yards, which him a CFL All-Star, Eastern All-Star. In the playoffs, Baltimore hosted the Toronto Argonauts in the East semifinals at Memorial Stadium and won the game, 34–15. After the semifinal game, Baltimore ended up defeating the favored Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Winnipeg Stadium 14–12 to become the first American, in the Grey Cup game, Baltimore was up against the B. C. Lions at BC Place Stadium in what amounted to a road game, just before the start of the 1995 season, a name-the-team fan poll was held to decide a new team name. The name change was a convenient one in that it allowed Baltimores logo, despite the changes to their name and team re-alignment, the Stallions returned with virtually the same roster for their next season

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BC Lions
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The BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team competing in the West Division of the Canadian Football League. Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, the Lions play their games at BC Place. The Lions played their first season in 1954, and have played every season since, as such, they are the oldest professional sports franchise in the city of Vancouver and in the province of British Columbia. They have appeared in the leagues Grey Cup championship game 10 times, winning six of those games, the Lions currently have the longest active playoff streak, and are tied for the second-longest in CFL history, having made the playoffs for 20 straight seasons. Braley was a member of the Canadian Senate, Rugby unions had been organized in all of the Prairie provinces by 1907 and the Western Canada Rugby Football Union had been formed in 1911. However, it would not be until 1926 that the British Columbia Rugby Football Union was formed, the Vancouver Meralomas were the most successful British Columbian team of the era. They played in the Western Final in 1930 and again in 1934, the BCRFU stopped challenging for the Grey Cup following the formation of the Western Interprovincial Football Union. After the BCRFUs collapse in 1941, the Vancouver Grizzlies joined the WIFU and they played only one season, finishing 1-7, before the WIFU suspended operations for the duration of the Second World War. The Grizzlies did not return after the war, in 1951, a group led by Ken Stauffer and Tiny Radar were inspired by Vancouver Sun columnist Andy Lytles article to start a new football team in Vancouver that would play in the WIFU. The ownership group sent Radar and Orville Burke to represent them at the off-season WIFU meetings to initiate Vancouver’s bid for a team. The Burkes were told to return to the meetings the following year with a $25,000 good-faith bond if they could generate sufficient interest in the Vancouver area. The first meetings were held at the Arctic Club in November, the group in Vancouver, however, did not give up their efforts to have a franchise in the WIFU. On January 22,1953, the first annual meeting of the club was held, in that meeting, Arthur E. Mercer was hired as the clubs first president. Later in the year, Mercer, Bill Morgan, Bill Ralston and this time, they sold the idea of a fifth Western team, and Vancouver was granted a conditional franchise. They were required to provide a 15, 000-seat stadium, sell at least 6,500 season tickets, and guarantee travel expenses for the visiting teams. By Easter of 1953, Annis Stukus was then lured away from the Toronto Argonauts to return to the West to become the first public relations manager, general manager, and head coach of the franchise. During the rest of 1953, a fan contest was held by all of the media to pick the teams new name. The nickname was chosen because it represented a landmark and legend of the area

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United States
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Forty-eight of the fifty states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east, the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U. S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean, the geography, climate and wildlife of the country are extremely diverse. At 3.8 million square miles and with over 324 million people, the United States is the worlds third- or fourth-largest country by area, third-largest by land area. It is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, paleo-Indians migrated from Asia to the North American mainland at least 15,000 years ago. European colonization began in the 16th century, the United States emerged from 13 British colonies along the East Coast. Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the following the Seven Years War led to the American Revolution. On July 4,1776, during the course of the American Revolutionary War, the war ended in 1783 with recognition of the independence of the United States by Great Britain, representing the first successful war of independence against a European power. The current constitution was adopted in 1788, after the Articles of Confederation, the first ten amendments, collectively named the Bill of Rights, were ratified in 1791 and designed to guarantee many fundamental civil liberties. During the second half of the 19th century, the American Civil War led to the end of slavery in the country. By the end of century, the United States extended into the Pacific Ocean. The Spanish–American War and World War I confirmed the status as a global military power. The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 left the United States as the sole superpower. The U. S. is a member of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization of American States. The United States is a developed country, with the worlds largest economy by nominal GDP. It ranks highly in several measures of performance, including average wage, human development, per capita GDP. While the U. S. economy is considered post-industrial, characterized by the dominance of services and knowledge economy, the United States is a prominent political and cultural force internationally, and a leader in scientific research and technological innovations. In 1507, the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller produced a map on which he named the lands of the Western Hemisphere America after the Italian explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci

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Canada
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Canada is a country in the northern half of North America. Canadas border with the United States is the worlds longest binational land border, the majority of the country has a cold or severely cold winter climate, but southerly areas are warm in summer. Canada is sparsely populated, the majority of its territory being dominated by forest and tundra. It is highly urbanized with 82 per cent of the 35.15 million people concentrated in large and medium-sized cities, One third of the population lives in the three largest cities, Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. Its capital is Ottawa, and other urban areas include Calgary, Edmonton, Quebec City, Winnipeg. Various aboriginal peoples had inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years prior to European colonization. Pursuant to the British North America Act, on July 1,1867, the colonies of Canada, New Brunswick and this began an accretion of provinces and territories to the mostly self-governing Dominion to the present ten provinces and three territories forming modern Canada. With the Constitution Act 1982, Canada took over authority, removing the last remaining ties of legal dependence on the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Canada is a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy, with Queen Elizabeth II being the head of state. The country is officially bilingual at the federal level and it is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many other countries. Its advanced economy is the eleventh largest in the world, relying chiefly upon its abundant natural resources, Canadas long and complex relationship with the United States has had a significant impact on its economy and culture. Canada is a country and has the tenth highest nominal per capita income globally as well as the ninth highest ranking in the Human Development Index. It ranks among the highest in international measurements of government transparency, civil liberties, quality of life, economic freedom, Canada is an influential nation in the world, primarily due to its inclusive values, years of prosperity and stability, stable economy, and efficient military. While a variety of theories have been postulated for the origins of Canada. In 1535, indigenous inhabitants of the present-day Quebec City region used the word to direct French explorer Jacques Cartier to the village of Stadacona, from the 16th to the early 18th century Canada referred to the part of New France that lay along the St. Lawrence River. In 1791, the area became two British colonies called Upper Canada and Lower Canada collectively named The Canadas, until their union as the British Province of Canada in 1841. Upon Confederation in 1867, Canada was adopted as the name for the new country at the London Conference. The transition away from the use of Dominion was formally reflected in 1982 with the passage of the Canada Act, later that year, the name of national holiday was changed from Dominion Day to Canada Day

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Danny McManus
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He played every season in the league from 1990 to 2006, as a member of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, BC Lions, Edmonton Eskimos, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, and finally with the Calgary Stampeders. On December 2,2013, McManus was named the Assistant General Manager, scouting for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Previous to that, he served as the director of scouting for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, McManus spent four seasons at Florida State University, from 1984 to 1987, coached by Bobby Bowden. McManus was named the starter as quarterback in 1985 and led the Seminoles to defeat Nebraska, after four victories, he suffered a pair of concussions and he had spent the rest of 1985 on the bench. In 1987, McManus started every game for Florida State, leading them to an 11-1 record and a spot in the Fiesta Bowl, due to his leadership, FSU had one of their greatest campaigns. McManus, who threw for 375 yards and three touchdowns in the game, was named the most valuable player, and wound up with 1,984 yards. After this season, McManus was selected in the 1988 NFL Draft, McManus made the Chiefs out of training camp, and spent his first, and only, National Football League season on the bench as the third quarterback. McManus saw no action, and was released during 1989s training camp, McManus spent all of 1989 trying to catch on with another NFL team, but was unsuccessful. Unable to find a place to play in 1989, McManus signed with the Canadian Football Leagues Winnipeg Blue Bombers in time for the 1990 season. Unlike the terrible Chiefs team that he had just left, the Blue Bombers of the era were in the middle of a mini-dynasty, where they won two Grey Cups in three years. The 1990 season gave the Blue Bombers perhaps their best ending ever, through 1991 and 1992, McManus remained with the Blue Bombers as the backup quarterback to Matt Dunigan. McManus made his second Grey Cup appearance in 1992, again coming in for a relief stint. This time, however, the circumstances were not so good, as Dunigan had been ineffective and the Blue Bombers went on to lose the 80th Grey Cup 24-10 to Calgary at SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario. After the Grey Cup, McManus left Winnipeg as an agent and ended up signing with the BC Lions. For 1994, McManus was again the backup, this time to Kent Austin and it was McManuss second Grey Cup and third appearance in five years in the Canadian Football League. In 1995, McManus was given the reins as the Lions full-time starter, McManus threw for 4,655 yards and 19 touchdowns. Any animosity McManus must have felt to the Eskimos must have quickly cooled, however, once again, McManus was second in the league in passing yardage for 1996, this time behind Doug Flutie, with 4,425 yards,22 touchdowns, and 19 interceptions. McManus led the Eskimos to second in the Western Division and the Grey Cup game, in the driving snow at Ivor Wynne Stadium, the Toronto Argonauts defeated Edmonton in the 84th Grey Cup 43-37

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Grey Cup
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The Grey Cup is the name of both the championship game of the Canadian Football League and the trophy awarded to the victorious team playing Canadian football. It is contested between the winners of the CFLs East and West Divisional playoffs and is one of Canadian televisions largest annual sporting events, the Toronto Argonauts have 16 championships, more than any other team. The latest, the 104th Grey Cup, took place in Toronto, Ontario, on November 27,2016, the trophy was commissioned in 1909 by the Earl Grey, then Canadas governor general, who originally hoped to donate it for the countrys senior amateur hockey championship. After the Allan Cup was later donated for that purpose, Grey instead made his trophy available as the Canadian Dominion Football Championship of Canadian football. The trophy has a silver chalice attached to a base on which the names of all winning teams, players. The Grey Cup has been broken on several occasions, stolen twice and it survived a 1947 fire that destroyed numerous artifacts housed in the same building. The Grey Cup was first won by the University of Toronto Varsity Blues, play was suspended from 1916 to 1918 due to the First World War and in 1919 due to a rules dispute. The game has typically been contested in an east versus west format since the 1920s, the Edmonton Eskimos formed the Grey Cups longest dynasty, winning five consecutive championships from 1978 to 1982. While the Stanley Cup was created in 1893 as the Canadian amateur hockey championship, Grey instead offered an award to the Dominion amateur rugby football championship beginning in 1909. He initially failed to follow through on his offer, the trophy was not ordered until two weeks prior to the first championship game. The first Grey Cup game was held on December 4,1909, the trophy was not ready for presentation following the game, and the Varsity Blues did not receive it until March 1910. They retained the trophy in the two years, defeating the Hamilton Tigers in 1910 and the Toronto Argonauts in 1911. The University of Toronto failed to reach the 1912 Grey Cup, the Varsity Blues refused to hand over the trophy on the belief they could keep it until they were defeated in a title game. They kept the trophy until 1914 when they were defeated by the Argonauts, Canadas participation in the First World War resulted in the cancellation of the championship from 1916 to 1918, during which time the Cup was forgotten. Montreal Gazette writer Bob Dunn claimed that the trophy was later rediscovered as one of the heirlooms of an employee of the Toronto trust company where it had been sent for storage. Competition finally resumed in 1920 with the 8th Grey Cup game and it was the University of Torontos fourth, and final, championship. Competition for the Grey Cup was limited to member unions of the CRU, the Western Canada Rugby Football Union joined in 1921, allowing the Edmonton Eskimos to challenge. Facing the Argonauts in the 9th Grey Cup, the Eskimos became the first western team –, the Argonauts entered the game with an undefeated record, having outscored their opposition 226 to 55 during the season

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Kent Austin
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Richard Kent Austin is the current head coach of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats football team. He was previously the coach at Cornell University and offensive coordinator at Ole Miss. Austin is a starting quarterback himself. Following high school at Brentwood Academy, he went to the University of Mississippi and he ranks fourth in passing yards in the Ole Miss records, behind Eli Manning, Bo Wallace, and Romaro Miller. Austin was an Academic All-American in each of his four seasons and is a member of the University of Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame. After college, Austin was selected in the 12th round of the 1986 NFL Draft by the St. Louis Cardinals and he played two seasons in the NFL as the teams third-string quarterback, attempting a single pass. In 1988, the Cardinals chose not to resign Austin, and he jumped to the CFL and joined the Roughriders. He also threw 198 touchdown passes and 191 interceptions in his 10 CFL seasons with 4 teams, Austin started at quarterback for the Roughriders, British Columbia Lions, and Toronto Argonauts, as well as serving as a backup for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He is one of only four CFL quarterbacks to pass for more than 6,000 yards in a single season. Austin won his second Grey Cup in 1994 with the British Columbia Lions, starting the 82nd Grey Cup, McManus would lead the Lions to a win on a last-second field goal. In the Columbo episode A Bird in the Hand, footage from a Saskatchewan Roughriders versus Edmonton Eskimos game was used to portray a fictional game played by a football team called The Stallions. As the footage showed Kent Austin playing and wearing the No.5 jersey, when a scene required seeing the quarterback in play, they used footage of Kent Austin. This QB rating may be based on NFL system, in 2003, Austin entered coaching as the quarterbacks coach of the Ottawa Renegades. The following year he was hired as Toronto offensive coordinator, helping lead the team to a surge that allowed the franchise to win the 2004 CFL championship. He was fired in the 2006 season and later hired as Saskatchewan Roughriders head coach for the 2007 season, on November 25,2007, Kent Austin coached the Saskatchewan Roughriders to the 95th Grey Cup Championship beating the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 23–19. In doing so, Austin became the first head coach to win a football championship for the same team with which he won the championship as a quarterback. He did so in his first year as coach. His performance as head coach won him the 2007 Annis Stukus Trophy as CFL coach of the year, on January 16,2008, Austin accepted the job as Offensive coordinator at the University of Mississippi, his alma mater, to serve under head coach Houston Nutt

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Calgary Stampeders
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The Calgary Stampeders are a professional Canadian football team based in Calgary, Alberta, competing in the West Division of the Canadian Football League. The Stampeders play their games at McMahon Stadium and are the third-oldest active franchise in the CFL. The Stampeders were officially founded in 1945, although there were clubs in Calgary as early as 1909, the Stampeders have won seven Grey Cups, most recently in 2014, from their appearances in 15 Grey Cup Championship games. They have won 19 Western Division Championships and one Northern Division Championship in the franchises history, the team has a provincial rivalry with the Edmonton Eskimos, as well as fierce divisional rivalries with the Saskatchewan Roughriders and the BC Lions. Helmet design, red background with a white, running horse and this design has been in place, with slight variations, since the 1967 season. These teams were a dominant force in football in Alberta winning championships 15 times over the next 30 years, world War II brought a halt to football in Calgary for a few years. 1940 was the year for the Bronks. The WIFU returned to Calgary on September 29,1945 with the formation of the Calgary Stampeders, in their very first game played on October 22 at Mewata Stadium they beat the Regina Roughriders 12–0 before 4,000 fans in attendance. They returned to the Grey Cup the following year, with a 13–1 record and it was 19 years until Calgary once again reached the Grey Cup, losing 24–21 to Ottawa in the 1968 final and not until 1971 when they were crowned champions, defeating the Toronto Argonauts 14–11. The year 1960 brought the Stampeders a new home, McMahon Stadium and their first game in their new stadium was on August 15,1960, a 23-38 loss to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. From 1968 to 1971 the Stampeders made it to the Grey Cup 3 out of the 4 years, after having some great years at the end of the 1960s,1972 started a long period of struggles for the Stampeders. In the 14 seasons from 1972 to 1985 the Stampeders only made the playoffs 4 times, the Stampeders nearly folded after the 1985 season due to years of declining attendance, financial woes and a poor 3–13 record. Wally Buono took over the coaching duties in 1990. The next 13 years would be some of the most successful years in Stampeders history and they reached the Grey Cup six times, winning in 1992,1998, and 2001, losing in 1991,1995, and 1999. Nevertheless, they did not win a game for several years. In 2008, the Stampeders ended their playoff drought en route to winning the teams sixth Grey Cup 22–14 against the Montreal Alouettes, Burris was named the Grey Cup Most Valuable Player with DeAngelis being the top Canadian for their efforts. John Hufnagel has been interviewed by several NFL and College football teams, Hufnagel was also the teams head coach until the end of the 2015 season, when he turned over the head coaching duties to former Stampeder and BC Lions star Dave Dickenson. Between 2009 and 2014, the Stampeders have reached the Western Final every year except 2011 and they were able to reach the Grey Cup game the following year only to come up short against the Argonauts, falling by a score of 35–22

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99th Grey Cup
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The Lions defeated the Blue Bombers 34–23 and became the first team in CFL history to win the Grey Cup after starting the season with five straight losses. They also became the first team to win the game at home since the 1994 Lions did it in the 82nd Grey Cup. This, a rematch of the 76th Grey Cup, was the time that these two teams met for the championship. The game took place on November 27,2011, at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia. This was the eighth Grey Cup game played at BC Place, and the 15th in Vancouver, BC head coach Wally Buono won his fifth Grey Cup, tying a CFL record. In his first Grey Cup, Lions quarterback Travis Lulay threw two touchdown passes and was named Grey Cup MVP. Lions tailback Andrew Harris, also playing in his first championship game, was the Most Valuable Canadian, on February 27,2009, news agencies reported—and the league confirmed—that the game had been awarded to Vancouver. The game was played at the home of the BC Lions, BC Place had recently completed a roof replacement, and this was the first Grey Cup played under its new retractable roof. The game was announced as a sellout on July 21,2011 and this surpassed the previous Vancouver record, set when the 93rd Grey Cup game was sold out on October 7,2005. The sellout attendance for the 99th Grey Cup was 54,313, in Canada, the game was televised in high-definition by both TSN and RDS. TSN play-by-play was provided by Chris Cuthbert, while Glen Suitor provided colour commentary, play-by-play man Denis Casavant and colour commentator Pierre Vercheval announced the game for RDS. The RDS broadcast team also included Marc Labrecque, Mike Sutherland, the game was watched on television by an average audience of 4.6 million people. Although this was down from the 6.04 million viewers that the 98th Grey Cup drew, in the Vancouver market, over half the population watched the game, and more than 11 million Canadians overall watched some or all of the broadcast on TSN and RDS. Before the game, Canadian singer-songwriter Jann Arden sang the national anthem, the Pepsi Max Halftime Show was performed by Vancouver-based rock band Nickelback. They played songs off their albums All The Right Reasons, Dark Horse, on the Friday preceding the championship game, the CFL Alumni Association organized a fan meet-and-greet hosted by stand-up comedian Ron James to benefit the research against concussions in football. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers entered the 2011 season with almost a completely unchanged roster than the team that went 4–14, the Blue Bombers were considered to be a non-contender by many sports writers at the start of the season. However, the Bombers shocked many by getting off to a fast start, the Bombers earned a bye into the Division Final by virtue of winning the tie-breaker for first place over the Montreal Alouettes. On November 20,2011, the Blue Bombers faced the 8–10 Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the East Division Final at Canad Inns Stadium in Winnipeg, Manitoba

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BC Sports Hall of Fame
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The BC Sports Hall of Fame collects, preserves, studies and interprets materials that relate to British Columbias sport history. In 1993, the BC Sports Hall of Fame opened in BC Place Stadium, located at Gate A, the main entrance to the Stadium. The BC Sports Hall of Fame re-opened in January 2012 after having closed to the public for a 20-month period while the new roof was being installed on BC Place Stadium. The museum features galleries on BC Sporting legends Terry Fox, Rick Hansen, the museum features over 50,000 artifacts and archival documents in its collection, and research visits can be made to view the archives upon appointment. The BC Sports Hall of Fame was founded in 1966 by Eric Whitehead, in August 1966, the BC Sports Hall of Fame officially opened in the BC Pavilion on the Pacific National Exhibition grounds, until it moved in 1993 to BC Place Stadium. Since 1966, the BC Sports Hall of Fame has inducted 363 individuals and 58 teams, once inducted, these individuals become known as Honoured Members and the teams are known as Honoured Teams of the BC Sports Hall of Fame. The five major categories, each with their own set of criteria, comprise, Athlete, Builder, Pioneer, Media. The annual nomination deadline is October 1, any individual or association may submit a nomination with the following exceptions, A current Member of the BC Sports Hall of Fame Selection Committee may not submit a nomination. Each nomination is eligible for three consecutive years, all nominations will be considered at an initial Selection Sub-Committee meeting at the beginning of November. Depending on the outcome of that process, further information on the nomination may be required, the final selection process will take place in the middle of November and the names will be released to the media in December. The Induction Form is available from the BC Sports Hall of Fame, the BC Sports Hall of Fame hosts an annual Banquet of Champions, the official induction and public recognition ceremony, attracting 1000+ guests. The 2016 Banquet of Champions will occur on June 9th,2016, capozzi, Herb was inducted as a Builder in 2007. Chandler, Bill was inducted as a Athlete in 1966, clarkson, Reg was inducted as a Athlete in 1974. Davies, Lorne was inducted as a Builder in 2010, eccleston, Faye was inducted as a Athlete in 1966. Gillis, John Hugh was inducted as a Pioneer in 2006, hindmarch, Bob was inducted as a Builder in 2006. Hume, Fred was inducted as a Builder in 1966, hunt, Ted was inducted as a Athlete in 1972. Mayers, Wallace was inducted as a Athlete in 1966, mcCulloch, Colleen was inducted as a Athlete in 2001. Moro, Lou was inducted as a Builder in 1995, osborne, Robert was inducted as a Builder in 1967

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Edmonton
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Edmonton /ˈɛdməntən/ is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, the city anchors the north end of what Statistics Canada defines as the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor. The city had a population of 932,546 in 2016, making it Albertas second-largest city, also in 2016, Edmonton had a metropolitan population of 1,321,426, making it the sixth-largest census metropolitan area in Canada. Edmonton is North Americas northernmost city with a population over one million. A resident of Edmonton is known as an Edmontonian, Edmontons historic growth has been facilitated through the absorption of five adjacent urban municipalities and a series of annexations ending in 1982. Known as the Gateway to the North, the city is a point for large-scale oil sands projects occurring in northern Alberta. Edmonton is a cultural, governmental and educational centre and it hosts a year-round slate of festivals, reflected in the nickname Canadas Festival City. It is home to North Americas largest mall, West Edmonton Mall, in 1754, Anthony Henday, an explorer for the Hudsons Bay Company, may have been the first European to enter the Edmonton area. By 1795, Fort Edmonton was established on the north bank as a major trading post for the Hudsons Bay Company. The new forts name was suggested by John Peter Pruden after Edmonton, London, the home town of both the HBC deputy governor Sir James Winter Lake, and Pruden. In 1876, Treaty 6, which includes what is now Edmonton, was signed between the Aboriginal peoples in Canada and Queen Victoria as Queen of Canada, as part of the Numbered Treaties of Canada. The agreement includes the Plains and Woods Cree, Assiniboine, and other governments of First Nations at Fort Carlton, Fort Pitt. The area covered by the treaty represents most of the area of the current provinces of Saskatchewan. The arrival of the CPR and the C&E Railway helped bring settlers and entrepreneurs from eastern Canada, Europe, U. S. the Edmonton areas fertile soil and cheap land attracted settlers, further establishing Edmonton as a major regional commercial and agricultural centre. Some people participating in the Klondike Gold Rush passed through South Edmonton/Strathcona in 1897, in November 1905, the Canadian Northern Railway arrived in Edmonton, accelerating growth. During the early 1900s, Edmontons rapid growth led to speculation in real estate, in 1912, Edmonton amalgamated with the City of Strathcona, south of the North Saskatchewan River, as a result, the city extended south of the North Saskatchewan River for the first time. Just prior to World War I, the boom ended, many impoverished families moved to subsistence farms outside the city, while others fled to greener pastures in other provinces. Recruitment to the Canadian army during the war contributed to the drop in population

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Edmonton Eskimos
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The Edmonton Eskimos are a professional Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta, competing in the West Division of the Canadian Football League. The Eskimos play their games at The Brick Field at Commonwealth Stadium and are the third-youngest franchise in the CFL. The Eskimos were founded in 1949, although there were clubs with the name Edmonton Eskimos as early as 1895 and this includes a three-peat between 1954 and 1956 and an unmatched five consecutive wins between 1978 and 1982, and most recently in 2015. The Eskimos hold a North American professional sports record by qualifying for the playoffs for 34 consecutive years between 1972 and 2005, Edmonton has had the most regular season division championships in the modern era with 21, with their most recent coming in 2015. The team has a rivalry with the Calgary Stampeders and are one of the three community owned teams currently operating in the CFL. Founded,1949, although other teams named the Edmonton Eskimos existed 1895 to 1923 and 1929 to 1939 Formerly known as, The Esquimaux 1897 to 1910 and this was once the most common type of ownership in the CFL. In 2006 the Ottawa Sun reported that shares cost $10 each and this contrasts with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, one of the other community owned teams in the CFL, who have offered shares to the public. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are the community owned team. Edmonton Eskimos, Inc. is governed by a board of directors. The board consists of a chairman, treasurer, secretary six directors, the clubs president and CEO is Len Rhodes, he is not currently a member of the board. The story of teams name back to stories in the press from at least 1903 and possibly as far back as 1892. It is a legacy of the rivalry between the cities of Edmonton and Calgary, the so-called Battle of Alberta. In the early years of competition between the cities, the press in each town used colourful nicknames to insult the rival teams home. Edmontonian writers called Calgary the cow camp, horse country, or the village beside the Bow. Likewise Calgarys responded with insults about Edmontons northern latitude and frigid weather, the name remained an unofficial nickname, however until the arrival in Edmonton of American baseball coach and sports promoter William Deacon White in 1907. White founded the Edmonton Eskimos baseball team in 1909, the football Eskimos in 1910, of the three, only the football teams name has survived. Edmonton played its first series of organized games with the formation of the Alberta Rugby Football Union in 1895, in 1897 the name Esquimaux was adopted. In 1910 the club was named the Edmonton Eskimos

Overhead view of Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis. While few of the American stadiums to host Canadian football were ideal, the literal and figurative corners cut at the Liberty Bowl were particularly severe; the field was well short of regulation length.